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Atheism in the Anglosphere (view source)
Revision as of 08:53, January 15, 2018
, 08:53, January 15, 2018→Australian atheism
''See also:'' [[Irreligion in Australia]]
''See also:'' [[Irreligion in Australia]]
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|thumbnail|200px|[[Australia]]'s national IQ is 98.<ref name="CountryIQ">[https://iq-research.info/en/page/average-iq-by-country WORLD RANKING OF COUNTRIES BY THEIR AVERAGE]</ref> The ''Daily Mail'' reported in 2014, "Evidence suggests that the IQs of people in the [[UK]], [[Denmark]] and Australia have declined in the last decade."<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html Are we becoming more STUPID? IQ scores are decreasing - and some experts argue it's because humans have reached their intellectual peak], ''Daily Mail'', 2014</ref>]]
After [[WWII]], [[Australia]] has become a very [[secular]] country.<ref>Stephanie Painter, Vivienne Ryan and Bethany Hiatt, (15 June 2010). "[https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/7399215/australians-losing-the-faith/ Australians losing the faith]". Newspaper. West Australian Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 15 June 2010</ref>
According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'':
{{Cquote|Australia is one of the least devout countries in the Western world, although two-thirds of its population identifies itself as Christian, an international survey comparing religious expression in 21 countries has found.
Religion does not play a central part in the lives of many Australians: 48 per cent of Australians surveyed said they did not partake in personal prayer and 52 per cent said they rarely attended a place of worship for religious reasons.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-youth-day/gods-ok-its-just-the-religion-bit-we-dont-like/2008/07/10/1215658037568.html God's OK, it's just the religion bit we don't like]</ref>}}
== Australian atheist movement and the cancellation of 2018 Global Atheist Convention ==
''See also:'' [[2018 Global Atheist Convention that was cancelled]] and [[Atheist movement]] [[Decline of the atheist movement]] and [[Atheist feminism]]
The [[2018 Global Atheist Convention that was cancelled]] was billed as the third Global Atheist Convention and its theme was "Reason to Hope".<ref>[http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/forums/showthread.php?t=29552 AFA Media Releases & Announcements]</ref><ref>[http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/forums/showthread.php?t=29552 AFA Media Releases & Announcements]</ref> It was sponsored by the Atheist Foundation of Australia.<ref>[http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/forums/showthread.php?t=29552 AFA Media Releases & Announcements]</ref>
Robert Martin from Melbourne’s City Bible Forum indicated about the cancellation of the 2018 Global Atheist Convention: "This is a massive blow to the Atheist Foundation as an organisation and to [[Atheist movement|organised atheism]] in Australia. Where to next? What do they stand for?”<ref>[https://www.eternitynews.com.au/australia/global-atheist-convention-cancelled-due-to-lack-of-interest/ Global Atheist Convention cancelled due to lack of interest], ''Eternity News''</ref> According to Martin, fragmentation within today's atheist movement in Australia is a key reason that the convention may have been difficult to sell (see also: [[Atheist factions]]).<ref>[https://www.eternitynews.com.au/australia/global-atheist-convention-cancelled-due-to-lack-of-interest/ Global Atheist Convention cancelled due to lack of interest], ''Eternity News''</ref>
A very sizable portion of the [[alt-right]] movement is made up of atheists. agnostics, and the non-religious (See: [[Atheism and the alt-right]]). The alt-right is influencing Australia politics.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2017/mar/02/how-alt-right-ideology-leaked-into-mainstream-australian-politics-behind-the-lines-podcast How 'alt-right' ideology leaked into mainstream Australian politics – Behind the Lines podcast], ''The Guardian'', 2017</ref> The growth of the [[right-wing]]/alt-right atheism is creating divisions/infighting among atheists in the [[Western World]] due to political polarization (see: [[Western atheism, schisms and political polarization]] and [[Atheist factions]]).
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